Check out the video here. I’ll hear all evidence to the contrary, but that looks to me like he (a) looks up to see if anyone is watching; and (b) spits right on the damn ball. Is that the secret to the unhittable cutter? UPDATE: The Yankees’ bad day in multimedia continues . . . […]

In the interests of preserving the surprise, I won’t tell you which Minnesota catcher and which St Louis first baseman are my choices for MVP.

Should feelings be taken into account?

Angels 5, Yankees 4: Girardi, on the decision to replace Dave Robertson with Alfredo Aceves: Joe Girardi: The bullpen goes up to eight. Look, right across the board, eight, eight, eight and… Beat Reporter: Oh, I see. And most managers only use the number of relievers they actually need? Joe Girardi: Exactly. Beat Reporter: Does […]

If St. Louis baseball fans are so great and “die-hard” why aren’t the Browns still in St. Louis? — Commenter “Bamboozled” in “Teh Yankees are the greatest, dood!” post. I often use this feature to mock, but I can’t decide if this one is mock-worthy or brilliant. I’m leaning brilliant. The actual mouth breathers over […]

From the military police blotter: The Marine Corps said Monday a sergeant charged with faking war injuries to obtain freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty . . . The 34-year-old Marine from Springhill, La., faces eight counts carrying prison terms of up to 31 years. He is accused of bluffing his way into […]

Are more advanced leagues necessarily of better overall quality?

From Peter King, the latest from Yankee Stadium: So I went to Yankee Stadium the other night to watch Yankees-Angels. Pretty cold. In the bottom of the fourth, a vendor came by. “Hot chocolate!” he yelled. “Hot chocolate!” I looked at his badge: Hot chocolate $10. Sixteen ounces of chocolate-flavored water. Ten bucks. I went […]

So I go to the science museum with the kids yesterday. They have this feature where, via a gigantic lever, a person can lift up a full-sized car. My five year-old daughter and four year-old boy think it’s awesome. When they ask me how they could lift a car, I tell them that the thing […]

Phillies 11, Dodgers 0: I’d jump all over the Kuroda start, but (a) the alternative would have been Chad Billingsley, right, and he didn’t have much of anything himself last night; and (b) even if he gave up one run over eight innings or something, he still would have lost because Cliff Lee is the […]